Table 236.55.

Total and current expenditures per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1919-20 through 2012-13

School year	Expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance						Expenditure per pupil in fall enrollment1
	Unadjusted dollars2			Constant 2014-15 dollars3			Unadjusted dollars2			Constant 2014-15 dollars3
	Total expenditure4		Current expenditure	Total expenditure4		Current expenditure	Total expenditure4		Current expenditure	Total expenditure4		Current expenditure	Annual percent change in current expenditure
1	2		3	4		5	6		7	8		9	10
1919-20	$64		$53	$794		$662	$48		$40	$594		$496	—
1929-30	108		87	1,500		1,199	90		72	1,242		993	—
1931-32	97		81	1,590		1,331	82		69	1,346		1,127	—
1933-34	76		67	1,362		1,206	65		57	1,157		1,025	—
1935-36	88		74	1,515		1,280	74		63	1,281		1,082	—
1937-38	100		84	1,647		1,386	86		72	1,414		1,190	—
1939-40	106		88	1,791		1,492	92		76	1,552		1,293	—
1941-42	110		98	1,670		1,492	94		84	1,430		1,278	—
1943-44	125		117	1,693		1,589	105		99	1,427		1,339	—
1945-46	146		136	1,893		1,770	124		116	1,612		1,508	—
1947-48	205		181	2,081		1,843	179		158	1,817		1,610	—
1949-50	260		210	2,602		2,102	231		187	2,309		1,865	—
1951-52	314		246	2,832		2,216	275		215	2,479		1,940	—
1953-54	351		265	3,089		2,331	312		236	2,747		2,073	—
1955-56	387		294	3,407		2,590	354		269	3,115		2,368	—
1957-58	447		341	3,708		2,827	408		311	3,382		2,578	—
1959-60	471		375	3,794		3,022	440		350	3,544		2,823	—
1961-62	517		419	4,072		3,299	485		393	3,821		3,096	—
1963-64	559		460	4,287		3,532	520		428	3,990		3,288	—
1965-66	654		538	4,850		3,988	607		499	4,502		3,703	—
1967-68	786		658	5,474		4,581	732		612	5,091		4,262	—
1969-70	955		816	5,984		5,112	879		751	5,509		4,707	—
1970-71	1,049		911	6,253		5,428	970		842	5,780		5,018	6.6
1971-72	1,128		990	6,487		5,692	1,034		908	5,949		5,221	4.0
1972-73	1,211		1,077	6,693		5,954	1,117		993	6,174		5,492	5.2
1973-74	1,364		1,207	6,923		6,128	1,244		1,101	6,313		5,588	1.7
1974-75	1,545		1,365	7,059		6,236	1,423		1,257	6,503		5,745	2.8
1975-76	1,697		1,504	7,244		6,417	1,563		1,385	6,670		5,909	2.9
1976-77	1,816		1,638	7,324		6,603	1,674		1,509	6,749		6,085	3.0
1977-78	2,002		1,823	7,567		6,888	1,842		1,677	6,959		6,335	4.1
1978-79	2,210		2,020	7,636		6,981	2,029		1,855	7,012		6,411	1.2
1979-80	2,491		2,272	7,593		6,926	2,290		2,088	6,980		6,367	-0.7
1980-81	2,742	5	2,502	7,493	5	6,835	2,529	5	2,307	6,911	5	6,304	-1.0
1981-82	2,973	5	2,726	7,478	5	6,855	2,754	5	2,525	6,927	5	6,350	0.7
1982-83	3,203	5	2,955	7,725	5	7,126	2,966	5	2,736	7,153	5	6,599	3.9
1983-84	3,471	5	3,173	8,072	5	7,379	3,216	5	2,940	7,478	5	6,836	3.6
1984-85	3,722	5	3,470	8,329	5	7,766	3,456	5	3,222	7,733	5	7,210	5.5
1985-86	4,020	5	3,756	8,743	5	8,168	3,724	5	3,479	8,100	5	7,568	5.0
1986-87	4,308	5	3,970	9,166	5	8,448	3,995	5	3,682	8,500	5	7,834	3.5
1987-88	4,654	5	4,240	9,509	5	8,663	4,310	5	3,927	8,806	5	8,023	2.4
1988-89	5,108		4,645	9,975		9,071	4,737		4,307	9,250		8,411	4.8
1989-90	5,547		4,980	10,339		9,282	5,172		4,643	9,640		8,654	2.9
1990-91	5,882		5,258	10,395		9,292	5,484		4,902	9,691		8,663	0.1
1991-92	6,072		5,421	10,398		9,283	5,626		5,023	9,635		8,602	-0.7
1992-93	6,279		5,584	10,428		9,272	5,802		5,160	9,635		8,568	-0.4
1993-94	6,489		5,767	10,504		9,336	5,994		5,327	9,702		8,623	0.6
1994-95	6,723		5,989	10,579		9,424	6,206		5,529	9,766		8,700	0.9
1995-96.	6,959		6,147	10,661		9,416	6,441		5,689	9,867		8,715	0.2
1996-97	7,297		6,393	10,868		9,521	6,761		5,923	10,070		8,822	1.2
1997-98	7,701		6,676	11,268		9,768	7,139		6,189	10,447		9,057	2.7
1998-99	8,115		7,013	11,673		10,088	7,531		6,508	10,833		9,361	3.4
1999-2000	8,589		7,394	12,008		10,337	8,030		6,912	11,226		9,664	3.2
2000-01.	9,180		7,904	12,409		10,684	8,572		7,380	11,586		9,976	3.2
2001-02	9,611		8,259	12,766		10,969	8,993		7,727	11,944		10,264	2.9
2002-03	9,950		8,610	12,932		11,190	9,296		8,044	12,082		10,455	1.9
2003-04	10,308		8,900	13,110		11,319	9,625		8,310	12,241		10,569	1.1
2004-05	10,779		9,316	13,308		11,502	10,078		8,711	12,444		10,755	1.8
2005-06	11,338		9,778	13,485		11,630	10,603		9,145	12,611		10,877	1.1
2006-07	12,015		10,336	13,930		11,983	11,252		9,679	13,045		11,222	3.2
2007-08	12,759		10,982	14,264		12,278	11,965		10,298	13,376		11,513	2.6
2008-09	13,033		11,239	14,370		12,391	12,222		10,540	13,476		11,621	0.9
2009-10	13,035		11,427	14,235		12,478	12,133		10,636	13,249		11,615	-0.1
2010-11	12,926		11,433	13,837		12,240	12,054		10,663	12,904		11,414	-1.7
2011-126	12,796		11,362	13,308		11,817	11,991		10,648	12,471		11,074	-3.0
2012-13	12,846		11,503	13,142		11,768	12,020		10,763	12,296		11,011	-0.6

—Not available.

1 Data for 1919-20 to 1953-54 are based on school-year enrollment.

2 Unadjusted (or “current”) dollars have not been adjusted to compensate for inflation.

3 Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis.

4 Excludes "Other current expenditures," such as community services, private school programs, adult education, and other programs not allocable to expenditures per student at public schools.

5 Estimated.

6 Revised from previously published figures.

NOTE: Beginning in 1980-81, state administration expenditures are excluded from both "total" and "current" expenditures. Current expenditures include instruction, support services, food services, and enterprise operations. Total expenditures include current expenditures, capital outlay, and interest on debt. Beginning in 1988-89, extensive changes were made in the data collection procedures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1919-20 through 1955-56; Statistics of State School Systems, 1957-58 through 1969-70; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1970-71 through 1986-87; and Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1987-88 through 2012-13. (This table was prepared September 2015.)